Land-Based Convection Effects on Formation of Tropical Cyclone Mekkhala (2008)
Abstract
The effects of land-based convection on the formation of Tropical Storm Mekkhala (2008) off the west coast of the Philippines are investigated using the Weather Research and Forecasting Model with 4-km horizontal grid spacing. Five simulations with Thompson microphysics are utilized to select the control-land experiment that reasonably replicates the observed sea level pressure evolution. To demonstrate the contribution of the land-based convection, sensitivity experiments are performed by changing the land of the northern Philippines to water, and all five of these no-land experiments fail to develop Mekkhala.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Mar 14, 2017
- Source ID
- 10.1175/mwr-d-16-0167.1
Entities
People
- Dong-hyun Cha
- Dongmin Kim
- Michael M Bell
- Myong-in Lee
- Myung-sook Park
- Russell L. Elsberry
Organizations
- Colorado State University
- Korea Meteorological Administration
- National Science Foundation
- Naval Postgraduate School
- Office of Naval Research
- Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology